US2005160458A1PendingUtilityA1

Interactive television system with custom video-on-demand menus based on personal profiles

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Assignee: UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES INCPriority: Jan 21, 2004Filed: Jan 21, 2004Published: Jul 21, 2005
Est. expiryJan 21, 2024(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Joseph P. Baumgartner
H04N 21/44224H04N 7/17318H04N 7/163H04N 21/4532H04N 21/47202H04N 21/4821H04N 21/47H04H 60/46
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Abstract

An interactive television system is provided in which a user can use an interactive television application to access and request media-on-demand programming. The interactive television application may display customized interface display screens that include video-on-demand programs and categories that may be of particular interest to the user. These programs and categories of interest may be based on the user's personal profile. Once a list of programs and categories based on a user's personal profile is generated, one or more of these programs may be incorporated in a menu interface template to generate a video-on-demand menu customized for the user.

Claims

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1 . A method of providing a user with media-on-demand programming using an interactive television application implemented on user equipment, the method comprising: 
 generating a personal profile based on collected information relating to the user;    determining a media-on-demand program for the user based at least in part on the personal profile;    generating a customized media-on-demand display by incorporating the media-on-demand program into an interface template; and    displaying the customized media-on-demand display to the user.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the generating the personal profile comprises collecting demographic information about the user.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the generating the personal profile comprises collecting information about the user's interests.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the generating the personal profile comprises collecting information about the user's viewing habits.  
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the generating the personal profile comprises collecting information about the user's interactions with the interactive television application.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determining the media-on-demand program comprises correlating the personal profile of the user with a second personal profile of a second user.  
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determining the media-on-demand program comprises comparing attributes of the media-on-demand program with the personal profile.  
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising storing the personal profile on the user equipment.  
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising modifying the personal profile based on the user's interactions with the customized media-on-demand display.  
     
     
         10 . User equipment for providing a user with media-on-demand programming using an interactive television application implemented on the user equipment, the user equipment comprising: 
 a display;    control circuitry configured to: 
 generate a personal profile based on collected information relating to the user;  
 determine a media-on-demand program for the user based at least in part on the personal profile;  
 generate a customized media-on-demand display by incorporating the media-on-demand program into an interface template; and  
 display the customized media-on-demand display to the user.  
   
     
     
         11 . The user equipment of  claim 10 , wherein the collected information comprises demographic information about the user.  
     
     
         12 . The user equipment of  claim 10 , wherein the collected information comprises information about the user's interests.  
     
     
         13 . The user equipment of  claim 10 , wherein the collected information comprises information about the user's viewing habits.  
     
     
         14 . The user equipment of  claim 10 , wherein the collected information comprises information about the user's interactions with the interactive television application.  
     
     
         15 . The user equipment of  claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry, when configured to determine the media-on-demand program for the user, is configured to correlate the personal profile of the user with a second personal profile of a second user.  
     
     
         16 . The user equipment of  claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry, when configured to determine the media-on-demand program for the user, is configured to compare attributes of the media-on-demand program with the personal profile.  
     
     
         17 . The user equipment of  claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to store the personal profile on the user equipment.  
     
     
         18 . The user equipment of  claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to modify the personal profile based on the user's interactions with the customized media-on-demand display.  
     
     
         19 . A system for providing a user with media-on-demand programming using an interactive television application implemented on the user equipment, the system comprising: 
 means for generating a personal profile based on collected information relating to the user;    means for determining a media-on-demand program for the user based at least in part on the personal profile;    means for generating a customized media-on-demand display by incorporating the media-on-demand program into an interface template; and    means for displaying the customized media-on-demand display to the user.    
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the collected information comprises demographic information about the user.  
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the collected information comprises information about the user's interests.  
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the collected information comprises information about the user's viewing habits.  
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the collected information comprises information about the user's interactions with the interactive television application.  
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the means for determining the media-on-demand program comprises means for correlating the personal profile of the user with a second personal profile of a second user.  
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the means for determining the media-on-demand program comprises means for comparing attributes of the media-on-demand program with the personal profile.  
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 19  further comprising means for storing the personal profile on the user equipment.  
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 19  further comprising means for modifying the personal profile based on the user's interactions with the customized media-on-demand display.  
     
     
         28 . Machine-readable media for use in an interactive television application implemented on user equipment, in which the interactive television application provides a user with media-on-demand programming, wherein the media is encoded with machine-readable instructions for performing the method comprising: 
 generating a personal profile based on collected information relating to the user;    determining a media-on-demand program for the user based at least in part on the personal profile;    generating a customized media-on-demand display by incorporating the media-on-demand program into an interface template; and    displaying the customized media-on-demand display to the user.    
     
     
         29 . The machine-readable media of  claim 28 , wherein the generating the personal profile comprises collecting demographic information about the user.  
     
     
         30 . The machine-readable media of  claim 28 , wherein the generating the user personal profile comprises collecting information about the user's interests.  
     
     
         31 . The machine-readable media of  claim 28 , wherein the generating the personal profile comprises collecting information about the user's viewing habits.  
     
     
         32 . The machine-readable media of  claim 28 , wherein the generating the personal profile comprises collecting information about the user's interactions with the interactive television application.  
     
     
         33 . The machine-readable media of  claim 28 , wherein the determining the media-on-demand comprises correlating the personal profile of the user with a second personal profile of a second user.  
     
     
         34 . The machine-readable media of  claim 28 , wherein the determining the media-on-demand program comprises comparing attributes of the media-on-demand program with the personal profile.  
     
     
         35 . The machine-readable media of  claim 28  further comprising storing the personal profile on the user equipment.  
     
     
         36 . The machine-readable media of  claim 28  further comprising modifying the user personal profile based on the user's interactions with the customized media-on-demand display.

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